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A History of the County of Sussex
… were 29 free tenements which varied in size from a. to 3 yardlands and most of which were held at rents of between 1 … that of bishopsthresh, by which originally all tenants of yardlands had to thresh for 8 days before the archbishop's … than 1 a., through 'farlingates' of uncertain area, to 10 yardlands of between 26 a. and 83 a. 49 Many estates then and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a. of meadow. There were 13 free tenants, two of whom held yardlands and the others smaller estates, and 19 customary …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… had been created from the demesne: there were then 8 half yardlands of 15 a. each and 6 quarters of 7 1/2; a., together … created on Belbouches and in 1279 there were still 2 1/2 yardlands, notionally 75 a., in demesne, the remaining 1 1/2 yardlands being held by four freeholders with 30 a., 10 a., 3 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… manor: whereas the tenants, free and customary, shared 10 yardlands the lord had 5 yardlands and 90 a. 69 The yardland then, as in 1591, 70 is likely to have been c. 40 a., while the number of yardlands suggests that there were only two to each …
A History of the County of Northampton
… fields and meadows, the latter generally reckoned in half-yardlands. 77 The manor house and park were also let, 78 … a.), three closes of pasture (21 a.), and a farm of 2¾ yardlands (probably about 100 a.), and another 13 tenants had between a quarter of a yardland and 4½ yardlands (about 160 a.) each, with rents ranging from £2 to …